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Progress-M 9 August 20-September 30, 1991
Launched without incident during the coup d’etat against Mikhail Gorbachev’s government. Returned Raduga capsule.

Progress-M 10 October 17, 1991-January 20, 1992
Docking was delayed 2 days from October 19 by a rendezvous software problem. Docking occurred October 21. Returned Raduga capsule.

Progress-M 11 January 25-March 13, 1992
Returned Raduga capsule.

Progress-M 12 April 19-June 27, 1992

Progress-M 13 June 30-July 24, 1992
Docking was delayed by 2 days because of a rendezvous software problem. Docking occurred on July 4.

Progress-M 14 August 15, 1992-October 21, 1992
Featured a modified tanker compartment supporting a framework for the VDU thruster unit. Returned Raduga capsule.

Progress-M 15 October 27, 1992-February 7, 1993
Deployed Znamya (“banner”), a prototype solar reflector, from its cargo compartment after undocking in February. The solar reflector was then cast off, and Progress-M 15 was put through a series of maneuvers controlled by the cosmonauts inside Mir. A similar telerobotics control experiment used Progress-M 16. See also Progress-M 24.

Progress-M 16 February 21-March 27, 1993

Progress-M 17 March 31, 1993-March 3, 1994
The Raduga capsule launched in Progress-M 17 was transferred to Progress-M 18. Progress-M 17 remained in orbit after undocking from Mir on September 13, 1993. Its reentry point and trajectory were unprecedented in the Progress series, leading some to speculate that it had experienced an unplanned contingency. Reentry occurred off the southeast coast of South America.

Progress-M 18 May 22-July 4, 1993
Returned Progress-M 17’s Raduga capsule to Earth.

Progress-M 19 August 10-October 13, 1993
Returned Raduga capsule.